Frankie Lymon was best known as the lead singer of the rock and roll group, The Teenagers. Their first single in 1956, “Why Do Fools Fall In Love”, was also their biggest hit.

Lymon died of a heroin overdose at age 25 in his grandmother’s New York home. He was on leave from a Georgia army post at the time and was scheduled to record for Roulette Records the next day. Lymon’s short life inspired the 1998 film, Why Do Fools Fall In Love?